Falkirk 1-2 Rangers: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 2 September 2026

Result

Falkirk 1-2 Rangers

Premiership · Wednesday 2 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Falkirk Community Stadium, Falkirk · half-time 1-1

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Falkirk 1-2 Rangers: match report

Falkirk were beaten by Rangers 1-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 2 September 2026 at Falkirk Community Stadium. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Falkirk's goal came from an own goal by Kosta Nedeljkovic (44'). Rangers scored through Lawrence Shankland (8') and Lawrence Shankland (79').

Discipline: Falkirk received 2 yellow cards; Rangers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Falkirk were 11th on 1 point from 3 and Rangers 7th on 4 points from 3. In the current table Falkirk are 4th on 18 points and Rangers are 2nd on 24 points.

Falkirk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lawrence Shankland of Rangers (8.6), ahead of Djeidi Gassama (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Falkirk wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rangers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandRangers · 0-1
  • 44'Own goal · Kosta NedeljkovicFalkirk · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Ethan RossFalkirk
  • 67'Yellow card · Brad SpencerFalkirk
  • 76'Yellow card · Olwethu MakhanyaRangers
  • 79'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandRangers · 1-2

Form and table

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2Rangers11731199+1024WWDWD
4Falkirk125341512+318LWWWW

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: Falkirk 0, draws 2, Rangers 2.

Team news

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Falkirk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Bain, Ryan Strain, Lewis Neilson, Liam Henderson, Leon McCann, Finley Barbrook, Brad Spencer, Ethan Ross, Ben Krauhaus, CJ Fodrey, Jacob Murrell

Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ivor Pandur, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Emmanuel Fernandez, Olwethu Makhanya, James Penrice, Nicolas Raskin, Cammy Devlin, Findlay Curtis, Min-su Kim, Djeidi Gassama, Lawrence Shankland

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